Protests have broken out across Iran over the death of a woman held by morality police for "unsuitable attire", with ...

Defiance of hijab requirements has grown widespread across Iran. The government seems wary of cracking down, fearing unrest.

Lima and her friends in Tehran fear arrest, beatings and even death by joining mass protests demanding more rights and a new ...

Iranian authorities brutally suppressed the Woman, Life, Freedom protests, but women in Iran and the diaspora are continuing the fight in small but meaningful ways.

Some elements of the Iranian state are in favour of relatively relaxing controls, while others wish to cede no ground.

Only recently, the Iranian regime announced it would deploy 80,000 personnel to enforce dress codes because there has been a ...

Women in Iran are increasingly testing the boundaries of the country's strict Islamic dress code but a law requiring women to ...

Last month marked the third anniversary of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement in Iran, an uprising that has been described as ...

Alinejad is a fervent critic of the Iranian government and its morality police, which prosecutors say “enraged the regime.” ...

A video of street musicians performing “Seven Nation Army” in Tehran, Iran has gone viral, even drawing attention from the ...

For women in Iran, riding a motorbike is part of a legal grey zone - they can own one, but licences remain off-limits. Yet more and more are taking to the streets anyway.